High gain miniaturrized super-wideband microstrip patch antenna

A miniaturized super-wideband (SWB) monopole antenna is presented in this work. Electrical dimension of the presented antenna is 0.239 lambda x 0.239 lambda x 0.0147 lambda, where lambda indicates the wavelength corresponding to the lowest operating frequency. Presented antenna displays single -10 dB operating band from 2.75 to 28 GHz with 164% percentage bandwidth and bandwidth ratio of more than 10:1. The proposed SWB antenna exhibits a large bandwidth dimension ratio (BDR) of 2871 with realized gain of 4.80 dBi. Radiating patch of the proposed antenna is designed by modifying conventional rectangular patch by loading a matching stepwise structure. Further, in order to achieve SWB characteristics, the ground plane is reduced with a loaded rectangular notch for better impedance matching. The designed antenna has the advantages of simple planar miniaturized structure, acceptable gain, and wide bandwidth to support various objectives in modern wireless communication. To boost the maximum gain further over the entire frequency band, the proposed antenna is combined with the proposed frequency selective surface (FSS) which acts as a partially reflector surface. The antenna is placed over 4 x 4 FSS at suitable distance without hampering the obtained bandwidth of the antenna. FSS combined antenna structure, having the physical volume of 56 mm x 56 mm x 26.2 mm, exhibits realized gain of 9.3 dBi which is suitable for long range communication. CST MWS (Microwave studio) for simulation results of the suggested antenna and appropriate Microwave Test bench is used to verify the same.